Do you keep them when you move to your next mission or do you sell them?

Actual mission: Japanese
Native:French
Learning at school: English and German
Learning at home: Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan, toki pona, Esperanto
My dream from when I was a kid: learning Ancient Egyptian
Next mission: Arabic.
Hobbies: Learning languages and conlanging.
My language blog: http://polyglotte.over-blog.fr/

December 28, 201103:19

Benny

worldwide book tour (Ireland until May 22)

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If I have any kind of emotional attachment to it, I'll take it with me to ultimately leave in my parent's attic. In most cases I'll either sell them or (more likely) give them to someone. I gave all my Turkish material away at the last Couchsurfing meeting I went to, to people I know who'd appreciate them. It's better that someone use it to actually learn something, rather than it gathering dust somewhere.

I can't be carrying books around when airlines have weight limits ;) In fact, apart from the Lonely Planet phrasebook for Quechua, ALL my learning material for Klingon and Quechua were on my Kindle. For the next mission, an important book I need is only available in print form, but otherwise I plan to make it as digital as possible and "leave no trace" as we say in Burning Man!

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December 28, 201104:49

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Hey Benny what kind of books do you use an where do you find out about them or Do you just stay with the mainstream books Assimil, TY, Lonely Planet etc..

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December 28, 201107:47

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I think it depends on the language, as far as I know, Lonely Planet phrasebooks and the Colloquials series by Routledge are favourites though.